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(No Model.)

0. E. DUNSHEE. NEWSPAPER HOLDER.

No. 569,553. Patented Oct. 13, 1896.

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CARLOS EUGENE DUNSHEE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOIVILLIAM C. STREABELL, OF SAME PLACE.

NEWSPAPER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,553, dated October13, 1896.

Application filed May 26. 1896. Serial No. 593,198. (No model!) To allwhom, it 7mm concern:

Be it known that I, CARLOS EUGENE DUN- sHEE, of the city of Chicago, inthe county of Cool; and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Newspaper-Holders, of which the following is adescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a front view of my improved newspaper-holder. Fig. 2 is aside view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a front view showing my improvednewspaper-holder folded up when not in use.

The almost universal custom of reading the newspaper at thebreakfast-table is attended with much annoyance for want of a convenientand suitable holder.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel combination ofmechanism whereby the newspaper can be held securely at any place on thetable convenient to the reader.

To this end it consists in the construction and combination of partshereinafter described, and definitely pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, A represents a small metal base.

B represents an uprightpost, of metal,which is securely fastened to thecenter of the base. This upright post is slightly bent away from avertical line at a point about four inches from the base. This post isshaped to form a square shoulder B, on which one end of each of themetal strips C C rests at a point about four inches from the base.

About four inches of the post 13, from the base upward, is to be made ofround metal. The remainder of it is to be made of halfround metal. Thechange from round to halfround forms the shoulder B, on which the innerends of the strips 0 C rest. These strips are rounded at the lowercorners to permit of rotation on the pivot which fastens them to thepost B.

C C represent two narrow metal strips, 5

one end of each, resting on the shoulder E, before mentioned, issecurely riveted to the post B.

C C represent two similar metal strips, one

end of each being securely riveted to the post to the strips D D bymeans of rivets at the other end, by raising the outer ends of thestrips C C and C C the square frame will fold up into an upright column.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a newspaper-holder the combination of a metal base, to the center ofwhich is securely fastened an upright metal post, the said post beingslightly bent away from a Vertical line at a point above the base, andshaped to form a square shoulder B on which one end of each of the metalstrips C Crests, the metal strips C C and C C each being riveted at oneend to the said post and at the other end to the upright metal strips DD, thereby forming a square frame, and the said strips D D being bentinto hooks at the bottom, substantially as described and for the purposeset forth.

CARLOS EUGENE DUNSHEE.

Witnesses:

THOMAS N. CALLOVVAY, PRESTON CARPENTER.

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